MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F040.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F040.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 40 hour NAM valid 22Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.69,-94.36 Latitude: 31.69 Longitude: -94.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 72 SFC 997 95 24.9 24.0 95 0.9 24.2 56 5 298.2 301.7 297.5 353.9 19.12 2 950 521 21.8 21.7 99 0.1 21.8 119 9 299.3 302.5 296.7 350.3 17.46 3 900 991 19.9 20.0 100 -0.0 20.0 146 18 302.1 305.1 296.8 350.9 16.54 4 850 1482 16.9 13.9 83 2.9 15.0 199 22 303.8 306.0 294.1 339.1 11.86 5 800 1997 13.9 13.0 94 0.9 13.3 206 27 305.9 308.2 294.7 341.5 11.86 6 750 2541 11.4 11.0 98 0.4 11.2 208 25 308.9 311.0 294.9 342.6 11.07 7 700 3117 8.3 8.0 98 0.2 8.1 213 25 311.6 313.5 294.7 341.5 9.69 8 650 3725 4.2 -4.2 55 8.3 0.1 229 28 313.7 314.5 291.0 327.4 4.31 9 600 4371 -0.0 -11.4 42 11.3 -4.7 241 33 316.1 316.6 290.2 324.8 2.67 10 550 5065 -3.4 -15.0 40 11.6 -7.8 239 37 320.1 320.5 290.9 327.3 2.17 11 500 5810 -8.1 -15.3 56 7.1 -10.8 250 51 323.1 323.6 292.0 331.0 2.34 12 450 6622 -12.5 -19.2 57 6.7 -14.7 257 51 327.5 327.9 292.8 333.9 1.86 13 400 7511 -18.2 -28.1 42 9.9 -20.5 257 55 331.3 331.5 293.0 334.8 0.95 14 350 8494 -24.9 -33.0 47 8.1 -26.4 259 63 335.1 335.3 293.7 337.7 0.68 15 300 9595 -33.6 -42.3 41 8.7 -34.6 264 63 338.1 338.1 294.1 339.3 0.31 16 250 10849 -42.5 -59.8 13 17.3 -43.2 267 68 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.05 17 200 12316 -53.8 -73.5 7 19.7 -54.1 268 67 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.6 0.01 18 150 14117 -64.1 -80.2 9 16.0 -64.3 264 66 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.00 19 100 16550 -71.0 -86.1 9 15.1 -71.1 258 33 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.90 m Freezing level: 600.58 mb = 4363.14 m = 14314.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.18 mb = 3735.27 m = 12254.67 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.45 % Est. max temperature: 30.55 C = 86.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.95 mb = 204.86 m = 672.09 ft T: 24.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 17.78 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 950.74 mb = 514.10 m = 1686.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.92 C = 78.66 F Cap Strength: -0.18 C Lifted Index: -5.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.70 C Showalter Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.00 C Cross Totals Index: 22.08 C K Index: 38.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 384.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1905.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.64 mb = 579.27 m = 1900.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 938.64 mb = 625.42 m = 2051.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.64 mb = 13022.81 m = 42725.24 ft B at Equ Level: 1893.43 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.5 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 255.5 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 279.9 neg: -1.9 tot: 278.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.30 Bulk Rich Number: 13.31 Bulk Shear: 143.22 m/s